BJP wins 7 out of 12 MCD ward committee seats

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the Delhi MCD Ward Committee elections held on Wednesday, September 4, 2024. The BJP secured victory in 7 out of 12 zones, while the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), led by Kejriwal, won 5 zones. As a result, the BJP now holds 9 seats on the standing committee, with AAP holding 8.

The BJP won the Keshavpuram MCD Zone unopposed and swept all three seats in the Shahdara North, Najafgarh, Shahdara South, Central, and Narela Zones. On the other hand, AAP secured two of the three zones—City SP, Karol Bagh, and West Zone—without opposition after the BJP failed to submit the necessary nominations due to insufficient elected councillors. AAP also won the Rohini Zone with 14 votes and claimed victory in the South Zone amid cross-voting.

In three zones—Karol Bagh, City SP, and Keshavpuram—elections were not held as neither the BJP nor AAP fielded candidates. In Karol Bagh, AAP’s Rakesh Joshi was elected unopposed as the chairman of the ward committee, with Jyoti Gautam and Ankush Narang securing the positions of deputy chairman and standing committee member, respectively.

Similarly, in the City SP Zone, AAP’s Mohd Sadiq, Kiran Bala, and Punardeep Singh Sawhney were elected unopposed to the roles of chairman, deputy chairman, and standing committee member due to the absence of BJP candidates. Councillors are voting to elect a chairman and deputy chairman for nine of the 12 zonal-level ward committees, as well as one member for the standing committee, which is the MCD’s highest decision-making body.

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) ward committee elections was held on Wednesday at the agency’s headquarters, under heavy security.
These long-awaited elections are being held for the first time since the MCD was unified in 2022.

The polls had been delayed and were under judicial review due to a political deadlock between the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).